Plouffe Earns GoMarquette.com Student-Athlete of the Week
Junior forward averaged 17 points in two games

Junior forward averaged 17 points in two games

Nov. 26, 2012

MILWAUKEE - Junior forward Katherine Plouffe was named to the Texas A&M Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team after leading the Marquette University women's basketball team to a 1-1 mark at the holiday tournament with a pair of impressive offensive performances. For her efforts, Plouffe has earned GoMarquette.com's Student-Athlete of the Week honors.

Plouffe led all scorers in both of Marquette's contests against Marshall (Nov. 23) and No. 24 Texas A&M (Nov. 25). The Edmonton, Alberta, native tallied her first double-double of the season on 16 points and 10 rebounds in MU's 67-46 victory against the Thundering Herd, before scoring a season-high and game-high 18 points in the defeat against the Aggies.

Through four games this season, Plouffe is averaging 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She is shooting 58.8 percent from the floor and a team-best 77.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Marquette will wrap-up a four-game road swing when it heads to Brookings, S.D., on Wednesday, Nov. 28 for a contest with South Dakota State at 6 p.m. CT.

Plouffe was named to the Texas A&M Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team after collecting a double-double with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Marshall (Nov. 23) and season-high and game-high 18 points against No. 24 Texas A&M on Nov. 25.

Koberstein was named All-BIG EAST First Team after leading the conference with an 11.67 assist per set average. After tallying match-highs in assists in three contests during the BIG EAST Tournament, she was named to the all-tournament team.

Carlson had a milestone-achieving week on and off the court. The Marshfield, Wis., native was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 team on Thursday afternoon, prior to picking up her 1,000th career kill on Sunday in MU's 3-0 win over Notre Dame.

Hanson lead the Golden Eagles to a seventh place finish, its highest since 2008, at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships on Oct. 26 in the Bronx, N.Y. She finished with a team-best 6-kilometer time of 22:27.80, placing her 41st overall. It was the fourth-straight time this season that Hanson has been MU's top finisher.

Hermsen played all 180:00 minutes in Marquette's eighth and ninth shutouts of the season. The Appleton, Wis., native helped anchor a MU defense that defeated Pittsburgh 4-0 last Wednesday and went on to knock-off Seton Hall 2-0 on Saturday. Was also named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week.

Miller anchored a defense that only surrendered two shots on net in shutout victories against St. John's (Oct. 12) and Syracuse (Oct.14) that helped MU capture its fourth-straight American Division title.

Engel played 156:53 in two shutouts against Seton Hall and Rutgers, recording seven saves, with five of those coming in the 2-0 win over Rutgers. The Centennial, Colo., native is a perfect 4-0-0 in the first four starts of her collegiate career.

Defender Axel Sjoberg, the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, scored both goals in a 2-1 win against Michigan Friday. He also had the gamewinner in double overtime in a 2-1 win Sunday at Michigan State.

Carlson helped Marquette knock off No. 23 Michigan Friday evening at the Al McGuire Center and hit .449 on her way to MVP honors in the three-day tournament. The senior middle hitter accounted for just a pair of hitting errors on the weekend in four matches, including two against ranked opponents.

Lyon was named the BIG EAST Conference Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 3 after posting his second and third consecutive shutouts of the season. He grabbed four saves in a 1-0 win against UIC and four more saves in a victory at Drake to help the Golden Eagles start the season 4-0-0 for the first time since 2000.

Miller was tabbed BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week following her efforts in a 4-0 win over St. Bonaventure on Aug. 17. The senior anchored a defensive unit that allowed two shots, including just one shot on goal. The senior also assisted on the first goal of the match and played 79 minutes.

Sjoberg took home Best Defender honors at the Thunder Bay Chill awards dinner last week. The 6-foot-7 Swedish stopper helped the Chill post a 13-2-1 record in USL Premier Development League action on its way to a Heartland Division trophy.

Carlson, who is a returning AVCA All-American, was named the 2011-12 BIG EAST Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award winner for women's volleyball. Carlson carries a theology and psychology double major and ranked 17th in the NCAA in hitting percentage in 2011.